As part of the ongoing development of small unmanned air systems by the University of Southampton, an all laser sintered aircraft has been test flown from the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Protector to assist with navigating through the Antarctic. These flights were carried out with pre-planned autopilot control with oversight from Andrew Lock, acting as the pilot embarked on HMS Protector. This is the first time the Royal Navy has used unmanned aerial vehicles in this part of the world. In this paper, we set out the trial reports and lessons learnt from this series of test flights.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Maritime flight trials of the Southampton University laser sintered aircraft-Project Albatross



    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2017




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    55.50 Luftfahrzeugtechnik / 55.60 Raumfahrttechnik / 55.50 / 55.60
    Local classification TIB:    275/7040



    CASCADE Open Aircraft Project: University of Southampton VTOL Drone Development

    Boyd, Cameron / Westcott, Oliver / Ferraro, Mario et al. | AIAA | 2021


    CASCADE OPEN AIRCRAFT PROJECT: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON VTOL DRONE DEVELOPMENT

    Boyd, Cameron / Westcott, Oliver / Ferraro, Mario et al. | TIBKAT | 2021


    Project Albatross: Medevac UAV eVTOL Emergency Response Modular Aircraft

    Ismail, Yahya / Aldana, Adonis / Shah, Muhammed et al. | AIAA | 2024


    Albatross study may inform flight efficiency

    Dumiak, Michael | Online Contents | 2013


    Albatross. American Albatross B-1

    McReynolds, C.F. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1928